{"id":9051,"date":"2024-10-20T10:12:56","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T10:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbc.gov.rw\/wp\/?p=9051"},"modified":"2024-12-21T10:13:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T10:13:16","slug":"rwandas-marburg-virus-response-progress-and-resilience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbc.gov.rw\/PHSEPR\/rwandas-marburg-virus-response-progress-and-resilience\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda&#8217;s Marburg Virus Response: Progress and Resilience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kigali, 20 October 2024&nbsp; &#8211;&nbsp; Rwanda&#8217;s battle against the Marburg virus outbreak shows promising signs of success, as highlighted during a joint press briefing by Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana, Rwanda&#8217;s Minister of Health, and Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Developments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Outbreak Status<\/strong>: No new cases reported in the past six days<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Recovery Rate<\/strong>: 76% of patients have recovered<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Death Rate<\/strong>: 24% of those infected have died<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Current Cases<\/strong>: Three patients still under treatment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Medical Milestone<\/strong>: Two patients successfully taken off ventilators after over ten days \u2013 a first for Marburg patients in Africa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Nsanzimana shared these encouraging statistics while acknowledging the dedication of healthcare workers and expressing condolences to affected families. He urged communities to support recovered patients&#8217; reintegration and combat stigma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros commended Rwanda&#8217;s rapid and effective response, praising President Paul Kagame&#8217;s leadership in the national efforts. Based on recent assessments, Dr. Tedros called for the lifting of travel and trade restrictions, deeming them unnecessary given Rwanda&#8217;s robust health system and outbreak management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Looking Ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both leaders emphasized ongoing vigilance and public information efforts. They highlighted the importance of community support in overcoming the Marburg virus challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rwanda&#8217;s handling of this outbreak demonstrates its growing capacity to manage health emergencies effectively, setting a positive example for the region and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kigali, 20 October 2024&nbsp; &#8211;&nbsp; Rwanda&#8217;s battle against the Marburg virus outbreak shows promising signs of success, as highlighted during a joint press briefing by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9052,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9051","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rbc.gov.rw\/PHSEPR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rbc.gov.rw\/PHSEPR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rbc.gov.rw\/PHSEPR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rbc.gov.rw\/PHSEPR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rbc.gov.rw\/PHSEPR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9051"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rbc.gov.rw\/PHSEPR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9053,"href":"https:\/\/www.rbc.gov.rw\/PHSEPR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9051\/revisions\/9053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rbc.gov.rw\/PHSEPR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rbc.gov.rw\/PHSEPR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rbc.gov.rw\/PHSEPR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rbc.gov.rw\/PHSEPR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}